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Mar 6, 2011 | by Kevin Loughlin
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| Coopers Hawk |
Along the coast we were treated to both Common Dolphins and Bottle-nosed Porpoises cruising by as we scanned for distant seabirds.
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| Brandt’s Cormorant |
Looking far off shore we scanned feeding flocks and found both Pomarine and Parasitic Jaegers chasing young gulls and pelicans forcing them to give up their catches. In the closer surf we found a couple of Brandt’s Cormorants, some just coming into their breeding plumage.
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| Pelagic Cormorant (with white patches) and Double-crested Cormorant (middle) |
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| Heerman’s Gull |
A Heerman’s Gull landed close in front allowing wonderful looks at its deep red bill and subtle gray plumage.
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| Herring Gull |
Herring (above) and Ring-billed Gulls were in the biggest numbers, as expected.
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| Bufflehead |
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Splendid entries, just beautiful, yet I must say great and perfect timing to have captured the very quick Coopers Hawk settled for a moment on a branch~ Great one~
Thanks Mary – as I always say, "Nature photography is 98% patience, 1% skill and certainly, as in this case, 1% luck!"